Push to limit pickup passengers to four for Songkran
The Land Transport Department has proposed that pickup trucks be barred from carrying more than four passengers during the upcoming Songkran Festival.
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Five get life for murder
Four men and a woman were each handed life sentences yesterday for killing a man in a mob attack in Bangkok in May last year.
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7 killed in Yala, school bus shot up
Gunmen yesterday attacked a school bus full of Islamic youths returning from a funeral.
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HM stresses importance of giving people justice
His Majesty the King yesterday advised Supreme Court judges to do their best in upholding justice for the sake of the public interest and national stability.
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Drug firms to reveal stance today on 0.5% revenue offer
The Public Health Ministry expects to hear today if two international pharmaceutical companies accept its offer of half a per cent of revenues as partial compensation from sales of drugs copied by the ministry.
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Hospital death probe
Deputy Public Health Minister Morakot Kornkasem yesterday ordered a probe into the death of a 17-year-old patient at a hospital in Ayutthaya.
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Major bid to boost bird-flu response
Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia want to strengthen surveillance and "response times" to cross-border diseases, focusing on bird-flu and fears of an influenza pandemic.
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EASTERN BANGKOK
Thousands of students still lack a school place
Education officials vow to help pupils before new semester, by boosting class sizes even more, plus other moves, including building a new school
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Vietnam Embassy bomber claims he is for freedom
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday began the trial of Vietnamese dissident Vo Duc Van, who was charged with bombing the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok nearly six years ago.
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Fewer work-related accidents but injuries more severe
Work-related accidents are decreasing but getting worse in terms of severity, resulting in higher average compensation payments, the Labour Protection and Welfare Department said yesterday.
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